Upload
karolina-wronowska
View
168
Download
4
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
There are several kinds of environmental pollution
• Water pollution
• Air pollution
• Soil pollution
• solid waste
ECOLOGY - biological science of the structure and functioning of living nature, covers
all phenomena concerning the interaction between organisms (and groups of organisms)
and their living and dead environment.
ECOLOGY - term for social and political movements (Greens), whose purpose is to
protect the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - activities aimed at protecting all elements of the
environment from the adverse effects of human activities that it provided him with
optimum physical and mental development.
ENVIRONMENT - to preserve intact the natural elements of natural character.
CONTAMINATION - introduction into the environment of substances or energy as a
source of danger to human health, harmful to living species and ecological systems,
destroying the structure of inanimate or natural beauty.
SOZOLOGY - is the science dealing with the elaboration and implementation of best
practices towards nature.
Air pollutant impacts
• Greenhouse effect
• Ozone depletion
• acidification
• smog formation
• eutrophication
• health problem
• ecosystem health
6
Water Pollution
How• Toxic substances
dissolve in water or gets deposited on the bed.
• Toxic substances enter lakes, rivers, streams, etc.
• Pollutants go down into the ground.
Sources
• City sewage
• Industrial waste
• Agricultural run-off
How to care for the environment?
• recycling,
• reduce carbon emissions and particulates into the atmosphere,
• limiting the extraction of fossil fuels,
• promoting a green economy, including the sector of renewable energy sources (solar power, wind power, etc.)
• save energy
• save water